Hepatica

Spring Woodland Flowers

Hepatica

Liver leaf. Extracts or decoctions made from the leaves have been used in herbal medicine for the treatment of liver ailments, gallbladder ailments and digestive disorders, and to treat coughing and bronchitis. Although poisonous in large doses, the leaves and flowers may be used as an astringent, as a demulcent for slow-healing injuries, and as a diuretic.

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Disclaimer

My blog is meant to inform and I strive to be totally accurate. It is solely up to the reader to ensure proper plant identification. Some wild plants are poisonous or can have serious adverse health effects.

 

Dutchman's Breeches

Dutchman's Breeches

Since they look like women's bloomers,

I think they should be called Dutch Woman's Bloomers.

Dicentra cucullaria. With white flowers, that resemble upside-down pantaloons or breeches, on a leafless stalk above, fern-like leaves, this forest plant prefers dappled sunlight of woodlands especially along gentle slopes, ravines, or ledges along streams. One of the earlier wildflowers to bloom, Dutchman's breeches is one of many plants whose seeds are spread by ants, who take the seeds to their nest, where they eat the elaiosomes, and put the seeds in their nest, where they are protected until they germinate in a medium made richer by the ant nest debris.

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Must See Environmental films Everyone Needs To See

 The 2 Environmental films I think everyone needs to see are

Kiss The Ground  

https://kissthegroundmovie.com

Narrated and featuring Woody Harrelson, Kiss the Ground is an inspiring and groundbreaking film that reveals viable solutions to our climate crisis, by regenerating the world’s soils, we can completely and rapidly stabilize Earth’s climate, restore lost ecosystems and create abundant food supplies. This movie is positioned to catalyze a movement to accomplish the impossible – to solve humanity’s greatest challenge, to balance the climate and secure our species future.

&

The Need To Grow

Join in this exclusive free screening of Rosario Dawson’s award-winning documentary that many are calling the environmental film the world has been waiting for. With the planet on the brink of ecological disaster, and chronic disease rates skyrocketing, this is a story of real-world SOLUTIONS.

It will warm your heart, fill you with hope, and inspire you to take action.

https://grow.foodrevolution.org/?orid=127162&opid=314

New Year Winter Wonderland

It was a lovely day for a walk in the winter wonderland in the woods. 

Nice way to start the new year. 

Me in Winter Wonderland

Tesra Jumps

Erica & Tesra

playing amongst the trees.

Reflections On The River

Downy Woodpecker 

on the naked branches of winter, on a walk in the winter wonderland in the woods.

Barred Owl

Barred Owl Looking At Me

Mountains Aglow In Pink

Tessra Takes A Snow Bath

Beautiful Barn And Winery

in Milton, Vt.

Snow Nose

Winter Wonder, snowy expression on an old stone wall in the woods.

Winters End In North Hero

 

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Happy Birthday To Me! & Happy New Years Eve To You!

 Happy Birthday To Me! & Happy New Years Eve To You! Wishing You Much Love and Hugs In The New Year! Thanks Andrea Parker for taking this fun photo.

Goodbye 

& 

Good Riddance 

2020

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Shore Views & A Storm

North Shore View From The Beach

Storm Rolling In Across Lake Champlain

 View from Colchester, Vermont. 

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Bovine Beauty

Caddy

My sister and I, saw this beautiful newborn baby bull, while driving around on a fall foliage run. We named him after the road he was born near.

The Farm he was at.

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